Making a switch
By Jason Meserve, NetworkWorld.com, 02/03/04
Click and Clack, the voices of the popular CarTalk radio program, are making a switch. No, not from Windows to Apple, but from Real to Windows Media. The say they've been getting a lot of complaints about Real, so they're changing formats. Here's the best part of their argument:
Here's the problem. In order to hear our audio, you have to go to Real.com and download their "free" RealPlayer. But when you get to the web site, the free player is harder to find than Osama Bin Laden at night. And the site seems to do everything it possibly can to get you to "buy" a player instead. You have to work very hard to get the free player. And we think that stinks. And get this. It stinks so much that it even makes Microsoft look good by comparison. That's something, huh?
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